Sep
29
2009

Usain Bolt comes to ESPN

usain bolt

Usain Bolt came to campus the other day to surprise us all by racing against a select few random* employees for a SportsCenter promo. Bolt seemed like a great guy and even stuck around afterwards to take some pictures with some of the few hundred that gathered out on Birch street. Even though it wasn't an official race, it was still pretty cool to say I was up close and personal with the world's fastest man. It was the second closest that I've ever come to an Olympic Gold medalist.

For the ladies reading out there, yes, that's Bolt's six-pack that you can clearly see as he was jogging down the street. This picture was taken with my cell phone. Just think of what a regular digital camera would have shown ...

*I say "random" because over the weekend an email was sent out where you could respond to get yourself in the Bolt lottery. They did pick random people, and our own Keith Lam was selected, but when he showed up to race, they eliminated half the field due to the width of the road and he was unfortunately cut.
Sep
07
2009

A game of inches

golf birdie
The more and more I get into the game of golf, I realize how disappointed I can get when I hit an amazing shot. This is only my second year playing golf, and in each one I've hit a shot that was inches away from a hole-in-one.

With the birdie on the second par 3 of the round, it helped immensely as I was able to break 90 (with a score of 89) for the first time. I was one shot away from my yearly goal of shooting bogey golf on 18 holes. With it being colder out and the Huskers playing on Saturday's, I might only have a few chances left.